[Bits and pieces have been copied from various web sites (as noted).]
************* THE CHORDS THAT SOUND THE BEST (TO ME)... Flood Version 2: Transcribed by Jeremy Waide (jwaide@nyx.net) [copied from http://www.e-z.net/~freak/jars.html#flood2] Am G Em Am G Em RAIN, RAIN ON MY FACE; HASN'T STOPPED RAINING FOR DAYS Am G Em Am G Em MY WORLD IS A FLOOD; SLOWLY I BECOME ONE WITH THE MUD (Chorus) Am G Em BUT IF I CAN'T SWIM AFTER FORTY DAYS Am G Em AND MY MIND IS CRUSHED BY THE CRASHING WAVES Am G Em Am G Em LIFT ME UP SO HIGH THAT I CANNOT FALL, LIFT ME O-WHOA Am F G Em LIFT ME UP WHEN I'M FALLING Am F G Em LIFT ME UP - WHEN I'M WEAK AND I'M DYING Am F G Em LIFT ME UP - I NEED YOU TO HOLD ME Am F G Em LIFT ME UP - KEEP ME FROM DROWNING AGAIN (I put this in a different key to aid in guitar playing. It's really in C minor, so transpose up a step and a half (minor 3rd) to play along with the CD.) Written by Jars of Clay Copyright 1995 BridgeBuilding Music (BMI)/ Pogostick Music (BMI). All rights reserved. ************* INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (MAY NEED TO EDIT TO FIT WITH ABOVE)... [copied from http://www.gsgis.k12.va.us/~jcrocket/music/flood.html] String interlude: These *seem to be* the chords, if you want to come up with a chord-based riff to go with them. I have delimited each of the 8 measures with pipes | | . Measure | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | Am | G C | Em Am | Em Am | Measure | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | Am Em | Am Esus | Esus G9 F9 | Em7 | ************* MORE LYRICS... [copied from http://members.aol.com/nyckid97/flood.html] Rain, rain on my face Hasn't stopped raining for days My world is a flood Slowly I become one with the mud But if I can't swim after forty days And my mind is crushed by the crashing waves Lift me up so high that I cannot fall, lift me over (Lift me up) When I'm falling (Lift me up) Weak and dying (Lift me up) I need you to hold me (Lift me up) To keep me from drowning again Downpour on my soul Splashing through the ocean, I'm losing control Dark skies all around Can't feel my feet touching the ground (Repeat chorus) (String instrumental) Cobblestones that drench my eyes And drown me in streams flowing Casting down our ways and sin And guilt that's overflow me (Repeat chorus)
